Southern invasion, northern conquest : story of the founding of Melbourne

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TitleSouthern invasion, northern conquest : story of the founding of Melbourne Personal AuthorHarcourt, Rex, 1925-DescriptionThe story of how exploration and settlement at Port Phillip paved the way for colonising present-day Victoria. Recounts the attempt by the Port Phillip Association to have its agreement with the Aborigines ratified by the British government, which approved the settlement but not the treaties. Demonstrates how the Tasmanian adventurers were denied the just rewards for their enterprise as the Sydney treasury and private speculators reaped the major benefits from the new settlement. Includes maps, illustrations, and supplementary papers.Physical characteristicsx, 247 p. : ill., facsims., maps, ports. ; 23 cm.LanguageEnglishAccess restrictionsFor use in library only - available to be viewed at Frankston Library (60 Playne Street Frankston VIC 3199)Dewey NumberLH 994.5102 HAR

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ImprintBlackburn South, Vic. : Golden Point Press, 2001.LocalityVictoriaISBN646403362

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Subject (Keyword)Land settlement Victoria Port Phillip Bay Region; Land settlement Victoria Port Phillip Bay region; Colonial administrators Australia; Land settlement Victoria History Sources; Colonization; Discoveries in geography; Land settlement; Land settlement Victoria Port Phillip Region; Land settlement Australia Port Phillip Region (Vic.); Melbourne (Vic.) Exploration and settlement History; Victoria Colonisation; Victoria Discovery and exploration; Melbourne (Vic.) History Sources; Victoria Discovery and exploration Sources; Melbourne (Vic.) Discovery and exploration; Victoria Colonization History Sources; Victoria History; Victoria; Victoria Melbourne; Victoria Port Phillip Bay Region; Port Phillip Bay Region (Vic.) History; Melbourne (Vic.) History 1834-1851; Port Phillip Bay region (Vic.) History; Melbourne (Vic.) History; Port Phillip Bay Region (Vic.) History; Melbourne (Vic.) History; History; Sources

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